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Happy New Year

Happy New Year
We took the ferry on the Noosa River, from Tewantin to Noosa Heads, had brunch at Bistro C, and wandered along the boardwalk and Hastings Street. The beach was busy!

Saturday challenge - New Year's resolution.

The ancient Babylonians are said to have been the first people to make New Year’s resolutions, some 4,000 years ago. They were also the first to hold recorded celebrations in honor of the new year—though for them the year began not in January but in mid-March, when the crops were planted. During a massive 12-day religious festival known as Akitu, the Babylonians crowned a new king or reaffirmed their loyalty to the reigning king. They also made promises to the gods to pay their debts and return any objects they had borrowed. These promises could be considered the forerunners of our New Year’s resolutions. If the Babylonians kept to their word, their (pagan) gods would bestow favor on them for the coming year. If not, they would fall out of the gods’ favor—a place no one wanted to be.

A similar practice occurred in ancient Rome, after the reform-minded emperor Julius Caesar tinkered with the calendar and established January 1 as the beginning of the new year circa 46 B.C. Named for Janus, the two-faced god whose spirit inhabited doorways and arches, January had special significance for the Romans. Believing that Janus symbolically looked backwards into the previous year and ahead into the future, the Romans offered sacrifices to the deity and made promises of good conduct for the coming year.

www.history.com/news/the-history-of-new-years-resolutions

Gabi Lombardo, Karen's Place, Valfal, Annaig56 and 4 other people have particularly liked this photo


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 Xata
Xata club
Very very very interesting! Thanks for ending my day with this extra knowledge!
4 years ago.
Gillian Everett club has replied to Xata club
Thanks Xata, it's all fascinating :-)
4 years ago.
 Ruebenkraut
Ruebenkraut club
Thanks for the history of resolutions! And Happy New Year for you and your loved ones!
4 years ago.
Gillian Everett club has replied to Ruebenkraut club
Thanks Ruebenkraut. All the best for 2020!
4 years ago.
 Jan
Jan
Wow! Fascinating! Happy New Year Gillian and thanks for the great image and information
4 years ago.
 Taormina
Taormina club
Happy New Year to you
4 years ago.
 Chrissy
Chrissy club
Das ist interessant!
4 years ago.
 Jaap van 't Veen
Jaap van 't Veen club
Happy and Healthy 2020.
4 years ago.
 Ulrich John
Ulrich John club
Good idea with the history ! Happy New Year, Gillian !
4 years ago.
 Annaig56
Annaig56 club
sujet intéressant merci pour l'historique,j, belle année pour toi,
4 years ago.
 Valfal
Valfal club
Very interesting background history on New Years resolutions! A lovely photo, Gillian (wish I was on the boat, too!).
Have a good first weekend of 2020, my friend!
4 years ago.
 Nautilus
Nautilus club
jolie photo ! la résolution pour le marin du bateau : " je vais recoudre le drapeau " :-)
4 years ago.
 Karen's Place
Karen's Place club
It sounds (and looks) like a great time, Gillian.

Thanks for the info and Happy New Year to you and your family. :)
4 years ago.
 Gabi Lombardo
Gabi Lombardo club
thank you very much, Gillian! I wish you too all the best for this New Year!!
4 years ago.
 Roger Bennion
Roger Bennion club
Excellent photo. Super mix of colours.

Wishing you a lovely 2020, Gillian.
4 years ago.

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